Knotty Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 After seeing clips from MSG with LIT opening, with that light show and that atmosphere, I think it's definitely the best opener they have. Certainly more gut-wrenching than Square One and just more creative than Politik as the opening track to a gig. Anyone disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I dunno:\, hard to beat Politk. But I guess this could be playing as they come up on stage instead of the organ or sound effect thing. Then theyll all come in together with the "Whooaaa" and the show will be underway. Then they could go right into Cemeteries, then Politik;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsu Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Having seen it twice now I agree, it's an amazing opener! The slight drawback is that the song's so short, and they come on and play along only with the second part of it, so more or less as soon as they appear it's over! I'd really like them to come on, take a round of applause, and then go on to play the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sa_spurs_tx Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 This song is EPIC. I love it as the opener! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lore Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Politik and square one are great gig openers too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Thye should open with "Parachutes" one of these times. Just for kicks.:laugh3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitcher Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Thye should open with "Parachutes" one of these times. Just for kicks.:laugh3: that I would love to see :dance: The intros on the AROBTTH tour were the best intros so far. I'll have to wait and see what I think of Life In Technicolor, another 6 months to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena20 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 i think they all have something different to offer ...there all good openers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Hill Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Their openings are always great. You can't beat Politik or Square One though. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena20 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Their openings are always great. You can't beat Politik or Square One though. ;) ya those are really good....i loved the color lights they showed in square one.....and politik is an amazing song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Hill Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 And I like how Chris sings Politik live, he makes it extra dramatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena20 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 ya..... aww i miss that now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 it's a brilliant album opener, but it's not entirely live and I just don't think there is anything that can stand up to politik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearcat1229 Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Politik is the perfect Encore opener... Ill wait til I see LIT as an opener before I judge but hard to beat the clock countdown and lights of square one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devzors Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 LIT as opener? LIT is probably a good opener for the show. If they open with this when I see them in DC, I would like to see them jam out and lengthen the pinnacle another 8 or 16 counts. I miss hearing some good ass jamming from Coldplay like in spies (hopefully some of the new songs will fix that). August 3 in DC is going to be the breaking of my Coldplay-live-virginity... so pumped. About Politik: It's one of my favorite Coldplay songs and seems flawless as an opener, but it would be sick as the first encore song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meddave711 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 LIT is probably a good opener for the show. If they open with this when I see them in DC, I would like to see them jam out and lengthen the pinnacle another 8 or 16 counts. I miss hearing some good ass jamming from Coldplay like in spies (hopefully some of the new songs will fix that). August 3 in DC is going to be the breaking of my Coldplay-live-virginity... so pumped. About Politik: It's one of my favorite Coldplay songs and seems flawless as an opener, but it would be sick as the first encore song. That would be incredible.....Politik is AWESOME live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 i think that Politik is one of the best "firestarters" in music at the moment. but they used that to open basically every show of the rush of blood tour so i think that they should start of with LIT then lead into God put a smile. i agree that politik would be awesome as a encore starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig-El Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 It's a good opener but I think, as chris doesn't sing through the song, they should play it with pretty low lights so you can't quite see them, specially chris then go to square one (instead of violet hill) just like in the past tour, with chris reamining hidden until the volume goes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christa42 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I think it is absolutely amazing! does anyone think that when the "official" tour starts they will lengthen the song with lyrics? edit: i was right again, but it needs to be longgggggeeeerrrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yep best opener too. Pure magic when the intro gets going and the lights slowly emerge along with the band behind this curtain! In Glasgow it was awesome, but I need to see it again live. The adrenalin was immense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Niguez Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Yep best opener too. Pure magic when the intro gets going and the lights slowly emerge along with the band behind this curtain!. The adrenalin was immense! I agree 100%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Final Track Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Life In Technicolor is the best concert and album opener, but the latter by a smaller shot. It certainly lives up to it's title, is instrumental and builds up. Politik opens smashing then quites down and that wouldn't have worked well on the Viva tour...amazing live though, just a little darker, not as pleasing as Life In Technicolor, not as colorful. Square One is a lot better on X&Y than live, as the case with many X&Y songs considering the instrumentation and atmosphere. Bottomline: Life In Technicolor is the perfect intro (well, at least for me :rolleyes:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macintosh Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 No, the best gig opener they have is Politik, because when at the beginning begins to play Politik I understand that it is a 100% Coldplay concert and when a gig begins with sounds of LIT, it tells that we will see Brian Eno experiments above Coldplay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsu Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 I've changed my mind on this, probably because I saw LiT open so many gigs last year and the year before...and then we have the same song (but with lyrics) closing the set. Remembering Brixton, I think Square One's the best opener still, such a shame they don't play it (or so many songs off x&y) anymore. And GPaSUYF not full version - an absolute travesty! We get Billie Jean instead of White Shadows, A Message, Don't Panic, Trouble, etc etc etc. What next, a harmonica-only version of Politik?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macintosh Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 We get Billie Jean instead of White Shadows, A Message, Don't Panic, Trouble, etc etc etc. What next, a harmonica-only version of Politik?!! :laugh3: I hope no..:uhoh2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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